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Chris Mays – College Composition and Communication, 2017
This article uses systems and complexity theory to illustrate key characteristics of writing as a complex system. This illustration reveals how writing works on multiple levels of scale, and adds to the body of theoretical knowledge that can be taught within the discipline of writing studies. In so doing, it shows how a complex systems writing…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction, Writing Teachers, Writing Processes
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College Composition and Communication, 1985
Readers and authors respond and reply to former articles on the teaching of grammar in the composition classroom and computer assisted instruction and the writing process. (HOD)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Evaluation Criteria, Grammar, Higher Education
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Holloway, Dale W. – College Composition and Communication, 1981
Describes three semantic theories for teaching the writing process (case grammars, the "given-new" contract, and cohesion), with their implications for helping students communicate more effectively with their audiences. (RL)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cohesion (Written Composition), Grammar, Higher Education